MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of December 31, 2018
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 96.31 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [HW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 59.76 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 52.33 | 18-5-0 | Bell | •1/26 vs. #18 Fedor Emelianenko |
| 4 | 4 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 37.69 | 12-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 32.15 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 30.91 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 8 | 7 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 28.23 | 10-4-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 8 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 28.14 | 13-0-0 | FNG | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 27.93 | 18-6-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 25.26 | 27-10-2 | Bell | |
| 11 | 11 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 24.96 | 37-17-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 14 | 12 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 24.23 | 14-4-0 | UFC | Beat #29 Tai Tuivasa |
| 12 | 13 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 24.19 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 23.73 | 33-11-2 | Rizi | |
| 15 | 15 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 20.26 | 4-1-1 | ACB | |
| 16 | 16 | Sergey Pavlovich | HW | 19.52 | 7-0-0 | FNG | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Dalcha Lungiambula | HW | 19.01 | 6-1-0 | EFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Fedor Emelianenko | HW | 18.06 | 32-5-0 | Bell | •1/26 vs. #3 Ryan Bader |
| 25 | 19 | Justin Willis | HW | 17.15 | 4-0-0 | UFC | Beat #38 Mark Hunt |
| 19 | 20 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.47 | 4-0-0 | WFCA | |
| 20 | 21 | Matt Mitrione | HW | 16.46 | 12-6-0 | Bell | |
| 21 | 22 | Klidson Farias de Abreu | HW | 16.06 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 24 | 23 | Alexey Oleynik | HW | 15.74 | 31-11-1 | UFC | |
| 23 | 24 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 15.71 | 12-5-0 | Leag | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 22 | 25 | Josh Barnett | HW | 15.69 | 35-8-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 77.30 | 17-1-0 | UFC | [new LH title holder] Beat #11 Alexander Gustafsson |
| 3 | 2 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 32.62 | 11-2-0 | KSW | Beat #6 Mamed Khalidov |
| 2 | 3 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 30.17 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -28 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 28.12 | 5-2-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Phil Davis | LH | 24.39 | 14-5-0 | Bell | |
| 8 | 6 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 21.63 | 11-4-0 | UFC | Beat #54 Jimi Manuwa |
| 7 | 7 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 21.59 | 18-7-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 8 | Corey Anderson | LH | 19.93 | 7-3-0 | UFC | Beat #10 Ilir Latifi |
| 12 | 9 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.43 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat Devin Clark |
| 9 | 10 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 18.50 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 11 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 17.46 | 17-5-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 12 | Jordan Johnson | LH | 17.06 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 13 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 16.02 | 4-0-0 | ACB | |
| 16 | 14 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 15.74 | 14-4-1 | Prof | |
| 6 | 15 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 15.38 | 23-3-2 | KSW | Lost to #3 Tomasz Narkun |
| 23 | 16 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 15.19 | 23-11-0 | UFC | Beat #46 Tyson Pedro |
| 19 | 17 | Ion Cutelaba | LH | 14.87 | 4-2-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. Glover Teixeira |
| 30 | 18 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 14.84 | 11-9-0 | Prof | Beat Vinny Magalhaes |
| 18 | 19 | Tito Ortiz | LH | 14.78 | 20-12-1 | Gold | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Khadis Ibragimov | LH | 14.35 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 38 | 21 | Jim Crute | LH | 14.26 | 2-0-0 | UFC | Beat #22 Paul Craig |
| 21 | 22 | Rashid Yusupov | LH | 13.98 | 5-1-0 | Prof | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 25 | 23 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 13.93 | 8-1-1 | Rizi | Beat #59 Brandon Halsey |
| 36 | 24 | Liam McGeary | LH | 13.68 | 8-3-0 | Bell | Beat #29 Muhammed Lawal |
| 24 | 25 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | LH | 13.48 | 21-8-0 | UFC |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 75.99 | 12-4-0 | UFC | [MW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 70.74 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 54.34 | 36-6-2 | Bell | •1/26 vs. #19 Rafael Lovato Jr. |
| 4 | 4 | Yoel Romero | MW | 43.19 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 42.40 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Luke Rockhold | MW | 38.33 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 7 | 7 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 31.46 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Michael Bisping | MW | 27.50 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Rory MacDonald | MW | 23.58 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 10 | 10 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 22.42 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Chris Weidman | MW | 22.06 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 12 | 12 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 21.84 | 4-4-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | David Branch | MW | 21.52 | 14-5-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 14 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 21.22 | 24-8-0 | Bell | Beat #22 Rafael Carvalho |
| 14 | 15 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | MW | 20.21 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.12 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | |
| 17 | 17 | Elias Theodorou | MW | 19.67 | 11-2-0 | UFC | Beat Eryk Anders |
| 19 | 18 | Curtis Millender | MW | 19.41 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Beat #48 Siyar Bahadurzada |
| 16 | 19 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 19.05 | 6-0-0 | Bell | •1/26 vs. #3 Gegard Mousasi |
| 18 | 20 | Michal Materla | MW | 18.02 | 19-6-0 | KSW | |
| 21 | 21 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 17.14 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 43 | 22 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 17.13 | 13-4-0 | UFC | Beat #29 Gerald Meerschaert |
| 23 | 23 | Scott Askham | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | KSW | |
| 24 | 24 | Ian Heinisch | MW | 16.36 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 25 | Marc-Andre Barriault | MW | 16.26 | 3-0-0 | TKO |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 67.68 | 16-3-1 | UFC | [WW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 52.90 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 47.53 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Ben Askren | WW | 42.61 | 14-0-0 | One | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Douglas Lima | WW | 33.44 | 15-3-0 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.55 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 29.97 | 29-12-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 8 | 8 | Leon Edwards | WW | 28.94 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Jon Fitch | WW | 28.10 | 30-6-1 | Bell | |
| 10 | 10 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 26.60 | 20-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 12 | 11 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.43 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 12 | Michel Prazeres | WW | 24.84 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 13 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 24.76 | 10-0-0 | UFC | Beat #67 Yushin Okami |
| 14 | 14 | Nate Diaz | WW | 24.10 | 17-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -33 months. |
| 44 | 15 | Gunnar Nelson | WW | 23.91 | 11-3-0 | UFC | Beat #11 Alex Oliveira |
| 15 | 16 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 23.85 | 10-3-1 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 16 | 17 | Darren Till | WW | 23.29 | 5-1-1 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | James Nakashima | WW | 22.18 | 7-0-0 | One | |
| 19 | 19 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 22.14 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 48 | 20 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 20.24 | 6-0-0 | Prof | Beat #22 Ray Cooper III |
| 20 | 21 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.19 | 13-3-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 21 | 22 | Mukhamed Berkhamov | WW | 19.69 | 6-0-0 | ACB | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 34 | 23 | Anthony Rocco Martin | WW | 19.54 | 10-4-0 | UFC | Beat #46 Jake Matthews |
| 23 | 24 | Michael Page | WW | 19.35 | 8-0-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 25 | Yancy Medeiros | WW | 19.14 | 9-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months; •1/19 vs. Gregor Gillespie |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.43 | 13-0-0 | UFC | [LW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 59.60 | 17-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 50.24 | 18-5-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Conor McGregor | LW | 45.92 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 40.15 | 25-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 11 | 6 | Michael Chandler | LW | 29.22 | 15-4-0 | Bell | Beat #13 Brent Primus |
| 7 | 7 | Akhmed Aliev | LW | 27.89 | 10-1-0 | FNG | |
| 35 | 8 | Al Iaquinta | LW | 26.97 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Beat #6 Kevin Lee |
| 8 | 9 | Rustam Khabilov | LW | 25.36 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 10 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 25.32 | 4-0-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. #17 Donald Cerrone |
| 10 | 11 | Eduard Folayang | LW | 24.49 | 9-5-0 | One | |
| 12 | 12 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.24 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 14 | 13 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.84 | 12-7-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 14 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 22.34 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | David Teymur | LW | 22.33 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 16 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 21.54 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 17 | Donald Cerrone | LW | 21.47 | 31-11-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. #10 Alexander Hernandez |
| 6 | 18 | Kevin Lee | LW | 21.22 | 14-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #35 Al Iaquinta |
| 20 | 19 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 20.48 | 7-0-1 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 21 | 20 | Mairbek Taisumov | LW | 20.44 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 21 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 19.99 | 7-1-0 | ACB | |
| 31 | 22 | Edson Barboza | LW | 19.62 | 16-6-0 | UFC | Beat #57 Dan Hooker |
| 63 | 23 | Natan Schulte | LW | 19.60 | 5-1-1 | Prof | Beat #19 Rashid Magomedov |
| 23 | 24 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 19.49 | 9-4-0 | Road | |
| 24 | 25 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 19.42 | 5-0-0 | Prof |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Max Holloway | FW | 65.81 | 18-3-0 | UFC | [LW title holder] Beat #3 Brian Ortega |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 41.97 | 15-4-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 3 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 33.24 | 10-0-0 | UFC | Beat #33 Chad Mendes |
| 5 | 4 | Lance Palmer | FW | 31.66 | 13-3-0 | Prof | Beat #31 Steven Siler |
| 3 | 5 | Brian Ortega | FW | 27.58 | 7-1-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 Max Holloway |
| 6 | 6 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 26.72 | 17-6-1 | UFC | |
| 12 | 7 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 26.32 | 9-0-0 | KSW | Beat #13 Kleber Koike Erbst |
| 7 | 8 | Jose Aldo | FW | 26.23 | 21-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 9 | Andre Harrison | FW | 23.63 | 13-1-0 | Prof | |
| 9 | 10 | Pat Curran | FW | 23.33 | 13-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 10 | 11 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 22.88 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 12 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 22.48 | 9-3-0 | Shoo | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 14 | 13 | Salaman Zhamaldaev | FW | 20.53 | 8-0-0 | WFCA | |
| 15 | 14 | Renato Carneiro | FW | 20.01 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | Ricardo Lamas | FW | 18.73 | 17-7-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 16 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 18.55 | 11-3-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 17 | A.J. McKee | FW | 18.49 | 6-0-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 18 | Koyomi Matsushima | FW | 18.36 | 6-3-0 | One | |
| 20 | 19 | Kevin Aguilar | FW | 18.32 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 18.14 | 20-5-2 | Panc | |
| 22 | 21 | Mirsad Bektic | FW | 17.46 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 22 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 17.25 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.53 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Enrique Barzola | FW | 16.41 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Busurmankul Abdibait | FW | 16.29 | 3-0-1 | M-1 |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 3 | 1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 47.21 | 24-2-0 | Rizi | [new BW title holder] Beat #6 Darrion Caldwell |
| 1 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | BW | 44.71 | 11-2-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. #1 FL Henry Cejudo (for FL title) |
| 2 | 3 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 41.94 | 9-3-0 | One | |
| 4 | 4 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 33.77 | 19-2-0 | One | |
| 5 | 5 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 31.49 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 6 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 30.26 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 27.44 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 8 | John Lineker | BW | 23.99 | 10-2-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. Cory Sandhagen |
| 9 | 9 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 23.70 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 11 | 10 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 23.42 | 18-6-3 | Rizi | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 6 | 11 | Darrion Caldwell | BW | 21.76 | 8-2-0 | Rizi | Lost to #3 Kyoji Horiguchi |
| 12 | 12 | Yuki Motoya | BW | 21.29 | 16-2-0 | Rizi | Beat #142 Justin Scoggins |
| 13 | 13 | Martin Nguyen | BW | 20.79 | 4-2-0 | One | |
| 14 | 14 | Jimmie Rivera | BW | 20.74 | 13-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Daichi Takenaka | BW | 19.85 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 16 | 16 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 19.51 | 7-3-0 | Panc | |
| 17 | 17 | Pedro Munhoz | BW | 19.11 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 18 | Petr Yan | BW | 18.63 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat Douglas Silva de Andrade |
| 19 | 19 | Ryo Okada | BW | 18.29 | 9-3-2 | Shoo | |
| 18 | 20 | Go Kashiwazaki | BW | 18.23 | 11-1-2 | Zst | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 20 | 21 | Ricardo Ramos | BW | 17.74 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 40 | 22 | Victor Henry | BW | 17.32 | 9-4-0 | Russ | Beat Denis Lavrentyev |
| 21 | 23 | Kenji Kato | BW | 17.24 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | |
| 22 | 24 | Movsar Evloev | BW | 17.22 | 5-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 23 | 25 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 17.03 | 7-2-0 | Shoo |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | December results; •January schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | FL | 39.57 | 7-2-0 | UFC | [FL title holder] •1/19 vs. #2 BW T.J. Dillashaw (for FL title) |
| 2 | 2 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 34.55 | 18-3-1 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 22.98 | 9-3-1 | Panc | |
| 4 | 4 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 21.77 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Jussier da Silva | FL | 21.40 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 20.07 | 20-5-0 | UFC | •1/19 vs. Dustin Ortiz |
| 7 | 7 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.77 | 9-1-0 | Zst | |
| 8 | 8 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 19.66 | 14-7-2 | Rizi | |
| 9 | 9 | Reece McLaren | FL | 19.24 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 10 | 10 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 18.30 | 2-0-0 | ACB | |
| 11 | 11 | Askar Askarov | FL | 18.00 | 5-0-0 | ACB | |
| 12 | 12 | Geje Eustaquio | FL | 17.83 | 5-4-0 | One | |
| 13 | 13 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 17.07 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 14 | 14 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | FL | 17.02 | 19-8-4 | Rizi | |
| 15 | 15 | Tatsumitsu Wada | FL | 16.88 | 14-4-2 | One | |
| 36 | 16 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 16.25 | 13-6-3 | One | Beat #20 Alex 'Little Rock' Silva |
| 16 | 17 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 16.03 | 3-0-0 | Panc | |
| 17 | 18 | Danny Kingad | FL | 15.62 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 18 | 19 | Matt Schnell | FL | 15.58 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 20 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 15.27 | 3-0-0 | FNG | |
| 21 | 21 | Takumi Tamaru | FL | 14.74 | 4-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 28 | 22 | Masatatsu Ueda | FL | 14.73 | 10-3-1 | Panc | Beat Toru Ogawa |
| 22 | 23 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 14.18 | 9-3-0 | Panc | |
| 23 | 24 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 13.94 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 25 | Yuichi Miyagi | FL | 13.86 | 6-6-1 | Para |